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Jan 19th [1862] Jerry [Jeremiah W. Tallman] [1st Missouri Light Artillery] what do you think we have got Frank again Tom came riding him home one morning what joy there was in this camp, he heard there was a black horse come to Irvin’s with 3 others he staid the others went on lo & behold it was Frank some one rode him past a week or two before, Tell John [D. Brown] I told Granvile [Granville] about not fulfilling his promise to meet you at Georgetown [MO]. he laughed, he calls often but John never comes near him. the mail from Jefferson [City, MO] has stoped I suppose it is the great forward movement we have hearn tell of so long I hope it is only temporary if not we will die in the mist. Sam is here yet leaves tomorrow, Joe’s leg is perfectly straight & well. Iberia [MO] Jan 9th 1862 My dear brother Hanna [Hannah M. Brown] came up this afternoon she had just received your letter & a note from John [D. Brown], your cry seems to be letters from home, well it is strange you don’t receive them for I assume you have written Father [William Tallman] & Tom [Robert T. Tallman] have written & I can’t tell how often I have. I wrote you last day before New Years, John [B. Tallman] too has, I don’t suppose they will reach you, John & Jim Moore would have been to see you before this but Jim went to

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Jan 19th [1862] Jerry [Jeremiah W. Tallman] [1st Missouri Light Artillery] what do you think we have got Frank again Tom came riding him home one morning what joy there was in this camp, he heard there was a black horse come to Irvin’s with 3 others he staid the others went on lo & behold it was Frank some one rode him past a week or two before, Tell John [D. Brown] I told Granvile [Granville] about not fulfilling his promise to meet you at Georgetown [MO]. he laughed, he calls often but John never comes near him. the mail from Jefferson [City, MO] has stoped I suppose it is the great forward movement we have hearn tell of so long I hope it is only temporary if not we will die in the mist. Sam is here yet leaves tomorrow, Joe’s leg is perfectly straight & well. Iberia [MO] Jan 9th 1862 My dear brother Hanna [Hannah M. Brown] came up this afternoon she had just received your letter & a note from John [D. Brown], your cry seems to be letters from home, well it is strange you don’t receive them for I assume you have written Father [William Tallman] & Tom [Robert T. Tallman] have written & I can’t tell how often I have. I wrote you last day before New Years, John [B. Tallman] too has, I don’t suppose they will reach you, John & Jim Moore would have been to see you before this but Jim went to